[2] This former row of four, two-storeyed timber houses was erected in 1887–88 on newly subdivided land purchased by Joseph Cross, a printer or machinist in the Government Printing Office, in late 1886.

Possibly because of the Undue Subdivision of Land Prevention Act 1885, which prevented individual row houses from being sold on separate titles, the Cross family occupied at least two of the houses originally, and what might otherwise have been built as cheap rental accommodation was larger in scale and more decorative in appearance than usual.

The exterior walls were clad with chamferboards and the single gabled roof with corrugated iron, while the interior was lined with lath and plaster.

[2] Cross retained possession of the houses until 1910, during which time white collar, craft and business persons were predominant occupants.

After 1945 the building was converted into flats, with the verandahs boarded and louvered to provide modern kitchens and bathrooms.

[2] It is a two-storeyed, timber framed and clad building with a gabled roof and double verandahs to front and back.

[2] Cross Terrace was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria.